Every day is a new day. Why do we
say that? Is it said as we got a new day in our life which differs from the past? Now I realise that it is said as a new day as
we get a lot of new things to learn. The world is ready to teach us new things and
it is up to us to realise and accept it. Here is one such lesson a fine day has
thought me.

The above two pictures were taken
on two different dates and the exact time and date is mentioned below the
photograph. The fountain in my office which exactly lies in the corporate
building used to be so beautiful and it was the centre of attraction for those who
visit the building. The view from the top floors used to be so beautiful and
this brings some sort of relaxation for those who are bit tired mentally. On one fine day due to some technical
problems it has been stopped and concern technicians were working around it.

20.07.2012 @ 11.01.55

25.07.2012 @ 10.44.16

Here is what I learned something. Once you are
happy and moving ahead in your life without any difficulties, many admire you,
they talk about you and most of the time you will be the center of attraction. If
you are chocked in between for whatever reason it may be people stop to notice
you and sometimes will speak ill about you. In this case you need concerned
technicians to make you come out of it and initiate you to the normal life.
These technicians are the beloved ones in our life who actually care for us.
They may forget to praise you in our success, but will never leave us in our
failure. It’s better to shut our ears to those visitors who speak according to
the situation. Don’t be overwhelmed by their praise or exhausted when they
gainsay.

Do you know why Facebook is such
a hit?It works on the principle that, “People
are more interested in others life than their own”.

I received this SMS from one of my friend and
the moment I read, I realized that it is true to some extent. In fact many of us first used to see the
relationship status of an unknown person, if we wish to send a request to
him/her (mostly her). Some used to
mention it as single, few as engaged and others as committed. Here is where I got the doubt? What do they
mean by committed? If someone is in love, does it mean by committed? Many
assume that this is what is mean by committed, but actually realise that they
are wrong once they break up. As a result the blame game starts. Only a few
accept that it was particularly because of him/her the love actually broke in the
half way.

They fail to understand that they were
interested in each other, but are not actually committed. Yes, all of us are
interested in something, but we fail as we are not committed to it. A person
who is committed to something will not fail in it. In love both should be
committed and not just interested to lead to happy married life. I would like to depict a short story of a
girl and how she was actually committed in life. Her commitment transferred to
the guy in all his activities in the later stage. Here the story goes.......

Committed to Each Other

She was the most beautiful girl born in the
God’s own country. Till the age of 23 she never fell in love with any one. Till
that day she assumed that love is all about infatuation and realised that she
doesn’t want to fall in such a trap. Just within few weeks after her 23rd birthday
she fell in love with a guy who was actually her friend from the last 6 months.
Though she didn’t accept him initially, she accepted later by making him wait
for 24 hours. It initially started with SMS and later it went to late night
calls. They used to talk daily after 11 in the night and sometimes it even extend
till 4 or 5 in the morning. They used to discuss whatever they did throughout
the day. They never hide anything between them, particularly the girl. Many
days the boy used to sleep in the mid-way when the girl was talking seriously
about something. The girl actually tries to wake him up, but in sleepy mood he
used to shout at the girl telling that he is too tired and she is not
understanding that. The next day he used to tell sorry to her and promises that
he will talk that day without sleeping. But he continues to do the same. It is
the practise of the girl’s family to wake up at 5 in the morning every day.
Before she started to talk in phone, she used to sleep at 9 in the night and
wake up at 5 in the morning. After they started to talk in the late nights, she
used to sleep at 2 in the night every day and used to sleeps just for 3 to 4 hours
in maximum a day. Even after waking up she has to do all the household works
and then have to go to office. After returning from office in the evening, she
has to complete the remaining work before she comes to bed. Even then after
getting so tired, she never used to fall asleep on any day. However the boy had
no such restriction at that time and used to wake up at 9 in the morning taking
enough rest and had no other work other than going to work and reading. The boy
worried most of the time that her health will be spoiled if she is not taking
rest properly, but the way he tried to tell, always looked like a lame excuse
for him to sleep. Their working atmosphere is in such way that they cannot
carry their mobile phones and it is the night time alone they can talk. Just
like this the time passed and one fine day the girl expressed her desire and
about the love to her family. Nobody accepted and they were forcibly separated
to communicate and see each other. They never agreed to fall out of love. Lot and
lot of dramas happened and organised, but they kept their mind sound and
steady. Both believed each other and didn’t believe false statements made by
others. It was here the boy realised how
committed she was. It is actually her commitment towards the love made her to
feel fresh when they were talking in phone even though she slept just for a few
hours a day. It is the same commitment which made her to be steady in her stand
in their love. The girl always wants the
guy to achieve his ambition of getting inducted into the civil service. Now with her words of courage the ambition,
which was his interest has transformed into his commitment. The love made him to get committed into the
preparation and he started the daily activities and preparations from 5 in the
morning the time which she always used to wake up. They were separated by
distance and communication, but not by their hearts.

When you are committed, you don’t
give lame excuses how serious it may be. Committed person never fail, either it
is love or it is life. Well, are you asking me the climax of the story? As I said earlier committed couples will never
fail. Hope the commitment never let us
aside.

It was cool and breezy Sunday evening.
The cloudy sky covered the sun for the
entire day and was partially visible in the sunset, just peeping out of the
clouds. The humidity in the atmosphere
was more as it rained in the previous night. Roads and walls of the buildings
were still wet. The atmosphere was so
pleasant and free from dust and pollution. Bay of Bengal was so even and calm.
The back water near the sea was so clear and it was like a large scale fish
tank. Children’s were playing in the park and the parents who accompanied them
were chit-chatting. The ground was filled
with youngsters and teenagers, playing football and cricket. A young couple
were going to the temple and a teen school boy was chasing his girlfriend. The
CISF who is in shift duty in the security gate was enquiring the results of the
local cricket match. A lady was walking towards the rice mill with a bag in her
hand. A group of students were getting down from the bus after finishing their
weekend IIT-JEE coaching. Newly joined trainee boys and girls were going for a
walk near the beach and making fun of each other. A group of guys were sitting
on the wall near the beach having a look on those boys and girls and making some comments. The chirping sound of the birds increased as they
were about to settle in their nest and it almost started to get dark. I was going on a walk by looking at all these
activities around me and finally stepped on cow dung which was wet because of
rain. My wandering eyes were now struck to the slippers and people around
started to notice me. To avoid those embracing moments, I started acting in
such a way that nothing has happened and stood there as it is, as if I was
waiting for someone. I assumed that people around me would have not noticed it particularly,
but within minutes a grandfather spoke to me. He questioned “What for you are waiting?
The tap is not here, it is near the lawn”.

We all go to higher studies with
the actual motto of learning which teaches us some values and then to lead a
happy life by creating a bright career. Though we all go for the same reason
the flashing memories of chatting with friends, bunking the classes, getting
into some controversy and of course the college excursion will always remain in
our mind. Though this freedom is blocked with a barricade of rules in several
colleges, I along with my friends in Loyola College (Chennai) actually had a
great time throughout the years starting from June 2005. One who is graduated
from Loyola will never forget those years wherever he goes later. One such
beautiful moment in our college life is our trip to Kerala in the month of
July, 2007.

In Loyola neither the trip nor the professor
accompanying will be decided by the administration and it is solely decided
by the students. We plan and we decide what to do. However there were some
restrictions in deciding the place of visit. During our time we were not
allowed to go to Goa and the college will grant leave only for three days in
maximum. So we had three spots under
consideration. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala were the three places under
consideration. Unanimously the vote was in favour of the trip to Kerala.
Universally everyone knows why the vote was so unanimous.

Loyola College- Chemistry Department (2005-2008)

It was on 24th of July
2007 we boarded the Alleppey express in Central railway station at around 10.45
in the night. Professor Justin Baskar who was usually preferred by the final
year students accompanied us. The entire compartment was occupied by us sparing
few seats. The same train had students from Maths department of our college and
also few another set of students from some engineering college in Chennai. Every
one of us was enjoying and we celebrated the birthday of one our friend at the
midnight. Cake makeup was given to many and few escaped hiding in the toilet. I
finally went to take rest around 2 in the night. When I wake up in the morning
the train was in the territories of Kerala and it was such beautiful scenario as
it was drizzling outside and it was green everywhere. Is it a green carpet welcome? I thought myself. All the eyes were peeping
out of the window with such a patience. We booked our rooms in Aluva just
opposite to the railway station but the tour organiser booked the bus in
Ernakulam. So we wasted a lot of time by going to Ernakulam and in returning
back to Aluva instead of directly getting out in Aluva. From Aluva we started
our journey to Alleppey and we had a great time in the boat. Boating in the waters of Alleppey was such a wonderful experience. People had their living around the waters. It is from there
we went to Cochin and we just spent our time in the beach and then returned to the same hotel in Aluva. The only
difficulty we faced on day one is with the food. I found it very difficult to take the rice as I never had such a big sized rice in my life. Though people told me that it is better than the rice what we take, I didn't have the confidence to take. With parotta I managed the entire day. The
next day in the early morning we started to Munnar and climbing the mountain is
such a good experience. It is in Munnar we actually tasted the Tamil Nadu style
of food. The complete day was in Munnar and we returned to room very early that
day. The next day from Munnar we went to Veega Land amusement park and it was the best of everything. This is the day we enjoyed the maximum. The entire amusement park was filled with students from several colleges. We then went to the the same hotel in Aluva. The final day we started to Athirapally falls and nearby site seeing’s.
We took bath in the top of the falls and
we were just allowed to take photographs in the bottom as the fall of water was
more. Finally we moved Thrissur as it was our boarding point for our departure.
Chennai express came between 6.30 and 7 in the evening and we started back to
our home ground. It was such a joyous occasion which none of my classmates will
forget. Though tourism agent who arranged our trip spoiled a bit by reducing
the sight seeing’s and mismanagement with time and other arrangements, it was such a
great time in Kerala. The drizzles falling
over the green carpet laid by the nature will always remain in our minds.

Days of Loyola will never vanish from my heart - Thank you Loyola and my dear friends

It may sound crazy to celebrate the first post
of a blog with a birthday wish. But to me it is actually one of the best moments. A mother will give birth to a child after 10
months, but most of the father and mother will decide the name in the initial
days. The same happened in naming this blog
too. I named the blog 8 to 9 months back, but my first post comes today (July
11, 2012). Though I tried to write my first post several times in the past few
months, I just closed without even giving the title. I even tried to push the
blog into the trash once, but the happiest moments during naming the blog
changed my mind.

This Photograph is a Special Dedication to my Friend

I still remember the day when I was talking to
my closest friend over phone just sharing the golden days of school and college.
The clocked ticked quarter to two in the night, even then the flashbacks were
running so enthusiastically. Till that
moment I was blogger/ freelance writer usually concentrating on articles with
the intention of revenue generation.
Articles were optimised for the leading mediators namely the Google,
Bing and Yahoo; captions were given make up with the thin coating of keyword
and contents were limited to comply with the policies of the dictator named
Google. But it was on that night I decided to create this blog breaking all
rules followed by me till that day at least in this blog. Yes I have to say at least, because I have to
follow the same when it comes to my revenue oriented blogs.

This blog will carry everything from the
bottom of my heart. It will be a colloid of heart and mind. I would love to call it a diary as this is
going to hold all my likes and dislikes which I come across. The baby is
finally born after coming across many days of emotional instability.

“No, this is not the beginning of a new chapter in my life; this is the beginning of a new book! That first book is already closed, ended, and tossed into the seas; this new book is newly opened, has just begun! Look, it is the first page! And it is a beautiful one!” ― C. JoyBell C.